"South Sudan faces hard choices"

With peace, South Sudan faces hard choices
As in other African countries emerging from years of conflict and isolation, Sudanese parents and leaders are confronting hard questions. Should they continue passing down traditional skills and rituals, or help prepare the next generation for urban life and technical job opportunities? Should they keep sending their children to cattle camp — where they learn to brand, milk and deliver cows — or shift their sights toward books and literacy?

Mbeki aims to boost ties with Gabon and Congo
Johannesburg - South African President Thabo Mbeki and a delegation of ministers will leave South Africa on Monday for a two-day visit to Gabon and the Republic of Congo, the department of foreign affairs said on Sunday.

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Cuba`s Diplomatic Cooperation Was Decisive For Namibia`s Independence - Diplomat
The politico-diplomatic relations between Angola and Cuba contributed for the attainment of solutions to various world scenarios, particularly to that of Namibia.

France loses privileged relationship with Madagascar
The French president's Madagascar visit aimed to revive a once-strong relationship, but the island's widening trade ties and unsentimental view of its former colonial master makes that goal unlikely.

Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food
Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified corn developed abnormalities to internal organs and changes to their blood, raising fears that human health could be affected by eating GM food.

The world has turned away - but Darfur's misery goes on
The conflict in Sudan no longer dominates the headlines. But, as Euan Ferguson reports from Darfur, the fallout from the civil war is still a grim reality.

Racists axe black teenager to death
A gang of men who murdered a black teenager with an axe in an unprovoked racist attack in a park near his home in Huyton, Liverpool, were being hunted by police last night.

Anger over 'shoot to kill' policy grows
Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, faced calls yesterday for an urgent review of the 'shoot-to-kill' policy against suicide bombers as MPs demanded the public be consulted.

Sudan will decide on White Nile oilfield case
White Nile, the Aim-listed oil explorer, said yesterday a commission had been set up in Sudan to decide the ownership of its oil concession.

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